yetiabitibi
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Post by yetiabitibi on Jun 29, 2016 20:45:16 GMT -5
Hi all, we did a little family vacation a few weeks ago to the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia, Canada and had a great time. A very different geology from our normal haunts around Quebec City and we found plenty of very nice specimens. For those of you thinking about taking a trip to the area though, do your research ahead of time. The collecting is almost exclusively done on beaches and the area has this highest tides in the world (up to 15 meters / 50 feet) and you can easily get stranded. There are also restrictions/bans from collecting on some sites and in some cases access is quite difficult. Your best bet is to find someone who will guide you and from my own experience, it's not too much trouble the people there are very friendly. To those of you who helped me on this forum and elsewhere, thank you very much, we couldn't have done it without you. So, without further delay, let's get to the pics! We spent most of the trip on the north side of the Minas Basin near the town of Parrsboro. We did some research ahead of time and spent time exploring while we were there, but because of time restraints and a baby, weren't able to access most of the hard to get to sites. Again, thanks to those who gave us advice and it was unfortunate that our schedule couldn't sync up. We ended up concentrating on Partridge Island near Parrsboro because of it's relative ease of access as well as "side activities" to do with the little one. The first two pics are of the overall haul from two afternoons on the island. The right hand side of the first pic is also some rocks we picked up on the beach in front of the cottage we rented. The next pics are some closeups of the nicer pieces. Nice agate seams and zeolites. I'll continue with more in the next post on this thread.
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yetiabitibi
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Post by yetiabitibi on Jun 29, 2016 20:54:07 GMT -5
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yetiabitibi
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Post by yetiabitibi on Jun 29, 2016 21:05:55 GMT -5
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jul 5, 2016 17:43:08 GMT -5
You did well considering you had a baby in tow. I have trouble managing my backpack and collecting gear. Hopefully, next time your schedule will be a little more relaxed and you will have time for a guide.
I ran into two well known local (Nova Scotia)collectors on my last trip out. They had a 40 foot extension ladder about 36 feet up a cliff face chiselling out plates of Stilbite. That's how they get the ones that are in the ten foot boulders.
Darryl.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Jul 6, 2016 0:22:58 GMT -5
That's quite a haul, and sounds like a real adventure getting it. Thanks for the show.
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 6, 2016 0:38:27 GMT -5
Nice haul. I see soem good cabbing material and some nice collectors specimens.
Do you know what the crystal is on the right of the 12th photo?
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yetiabitibi
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Post by yetiabitibi on Jul 6, 2016 17:59:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments. We had a lot of fun while we were there. I'll try and bring a ladder next time ... and my 12lb sledge!
The 12th photo is closeups of what we found at Scot's Bay and it's pretty much all agates of one variety or another.
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